Over 400 Groups Call on UN Food Agency to 'End Partnership With Pesticide Industry'

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'Use of hazardous pesticides is inconsistent with the rights protected by the United Nations,' say over 400 groups in a letter led by pesticideaction.

"We cannot allow the U.N. agency mandated to support farmers and agricultural systems aligning with the industry that aims to influence national policy and causes such egregious pesticide poisoning and environmental devastation."More than 400 advocacy groups on Thursday urged the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization to cancel its partnership with an industry lobby group representing the world's largest manufacturers of toxic pesticides.

These include the rights to"health; clean, healthy, and sustainable environment; safe working conditions; adequate food; safe and clean water and sanitation; a dignified life; and rights of Indigenous peoples, women, children, workers, peasants, and other people working in rural areas.

 

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